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Seeing the Big Picture: Blind Men and the Elephant
It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by …
Read MoreThe stonecutters and the cathedral builder
Here is one of the stories I heard at KM Australia as told by John Girard. On a foggy autumn day nearly 800 years ago …
Read MoreThe pond metaphor
Here is something I have meant to post about for a while. It is a metaphor in the book ‘Dangerous Undertaking‘ by James Harlow Brown. …
Read MoreLeaders need to listen
Deborah May provided the following account in her recent newsletter. Most leaders want to engage their team in planning processes but don’t always do so …
Read MoreInnovators are a bad choice for change
I’m thoroughly enjoying reading Influencer at the moment and the story of Dr Everett Rogers grabbed my attention. After finishing his PhD his first job …
Read MoreA mystery story that explains irrational behaviour
Over at the Bumble Bee, Ken Thompson provides an excerpt of Ori Brafman forthcoming book, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. It’s a terrific …
Read MoreThe head office pattern
Smart people hate being told what to do. In many of our projects we see the ‘head office pattern’ where HO is seen as a …
Read MoreLost knowledge?
The building in the left foreground of the image is the historic Hyde Park Barracks Museum in Sydney. The building at the back behind the …
Read MoreFinding customer stories
Every organisation has a set of values, most even live by them, but how many have successfully embedded the right behaviours that reflect those values …
Read MoreRating your own expertise
Last week I was running an open space to kick off a new community of practice for engineers. While I was wandering around the room …
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